Ordinance
on Forest
(Forest Ordinance, ForO)

¹ If the Con­fed­er­a­tion is re­spons­ible for the de­for­est­a­tion per­mit, the co­oper­a­tion between the FOEN and the can­tons is sub­ject to Art­icle 49 para­graph 2 ForA. The can­tons shall sup­port the fed­er­al au­thor­it­ies in the cla­ri­fic­a­tion of the facts.

² In­cluded in the cal­cu­la­tion of the de­for­est­a­tion area, based on which the ob­lig­a­tion to hear the FOEN (Art. 6 para. 2 ForA) is de­term­ined, are all de­for­est­a­tion areas that:

a.

are in­cluded in the de­for­est­a­tion ap­plic­a­tion;

b.

were de­for­es­ted for the same works in the 15 years pre­vi­ous to the sub­mis­sion of the de­for­est­a­tion ap­plic­a­tion, or for which de­for­est­a­tion is still al­lowed.